We are #VLteam - tech enthusiasts constantly striving for growth. The team is our foundation, that's why we care the most about the friendly atmosphere, a lot of self-development opportunities and good working conditions (yes, that also means attractive salaries). Trust and autonomy are two essential qualities that drive our performance. We simply believe in the idea of “measuring outcomes, not hours”. Join us & see for yourself!
We are looking for engineers interested in building various tooling using mainly Kotlin. Our team is working on IntelliJ plugin, IDEs, coding agents or frameworks for Local AI inference. Your job will be focused 100% on technology and your users will be developers. You will work withing, small, flexible team and you will have a lot of authonomy: you will be responsible for design, scope, testing and implementation. You will work with tooling engineers, and you will be part of an organisation specialized in developer tooling.
Details : Kotlin Engineer - (Senior/Staff) - Careers VirtusLab
Required skills:
Kotlin/Java - Expert
Kotlinx.coroutines / concurrent programming - Advanced
Compose Desktop (Jetpack Compose) - Nice to have
Kotlin Multiplatform - Nice to have
Build tools / IDE development - Nice to have
English - Advanced
What we expect in general
Strong Kotlin skills or Strong Java expertise with knowledge of Kotlin
Understanding of asynchronous and concurrent programming, at best with Kotlin Coroutines
High agency and ability to drive work in a changing environment
Engineering pragmatism: cutting complexity while keeping the system extensible
Hands-on experience using LLMs daily, with the judgment to know when they help and when they don't
Fluency in English, with good communication skills for a remote-first team
Self-motivation and the ability to take full ownership of features end-to-end
Nice to have
Experience with different LLM agents and their configurations
Experience with IDE development, especially around JetBrains IDEs
Hands-on experience with developer tooling (compiler, build tools, linters, IDE, agents)
Experience with creating OS-native, desktop applications
Experience with creating GUIs using JVM (Swing, SWT, etc.)
We are the company behind JVM dev tools with 15 years of experience, consulting top-tier clients through countless optimizations, solving complex industry problems, and AI-ready tooling overhauls. We give you deep knowledge of what actually breaks, what scales, and what delivers results when it matters most.
